Coming off a 1-for-10 shooting performance, the Midland College men’s basketball team didn’t expect Jordan Evans to have as big of a night as he did on Monday.

The 6-foot sophomore guard for Western Texas College shot lights out against the Chaparrals and scored a game-high 33 points to lead the Westerners to a big 86-74 road win at Chaparral Center.

Evans was 14 of 20 from the floor and was 5 of 10 from 3-point range to help stun the Chaps (11-7, 2-2 in Western Junior College Athletic Conference), who were riding a four-game winning streak.

“In the last game (a 57-50 win over New Mexico Military Institute) Jordan went 1 for 10 and 0 for 8 from the 3 and I told him we needed him on the road,” WTC coach Andre Owens said. “He came out and performed today. We needed that. We needed every one of those points. We needed that.”

Evans had 22 of his points in the second half, as the Westerners (11-6, 3-1) erased a 32-31 halftime deficit.

As a team, WTC made 14 of 37 3-pointers. The Westerners came into the game shooting 38 percent from long range.

“Since we came back from the break, (the team’s shooting) hasn’t been well, but before the break we were shooting it really well, around 41 percent. But 14 is a lot,” Owens said.

This game was quite a contrast from the last time the Chaps played on Thursday night, in which they had one of their better defensive performances in a 67-57 victory over Howard College.

For MC head coach Jordan Dreiling, he saw too many defensive breakdowns on Monday.

“Our 2-3 (zone) wasn’t very good and our man was even worse,” Dreiling said. “We need two good days of defensive-minded practices. And then you’ve got to hit shots. We had another game with four 3s (on 15 attempts) and how many times are we going to do that? We shoot it a lot (in practice), probably more than anybody in the country in junior college, and it’s not translating to the game. And let’s be honest, you have a kid who averages nine (points) a game, hit for 33. When a guy plays completely out of his socks like that, it’s going to be hard to win that game.”

Outside of a rough outing from beyond the arc, the Chaps shot 46 percent of the floor. However, they also hurt themselves by sinking only 12 of 25 free throw attempts.

The key moment of the game came midway through the second half when the game was tied at 58. That’s whenWTC went on a 20-9 run sparked by Evans, who had 10 of his points in that spurt.

In addition to Evans’ big night, Jordan Tolbert had 18 points, Anton Bilous had 12 and DaQuan Jeffries added 11 for the Westerners.

MC had five players in double figures, led by Devin Campbell with 14 points, Juan Cardenas and Daven Joseph each had 12, and Jachai Simmons and Jordan Jackson each added 11.

“I told the guys, ‘We’re going to get everyone’s best effort,’” Dreiling said. “Especially here at home. Guys come into our great arena and they’re saying, ‘Man, I want to beat these guys. I wish I was in Midland.’ We’ve got a target on our backs and we were both fighting for that second spot (in the standings) and now (the Westerners) have moved into it and we’re back to the middle of the pack. We’ve got to respond the right way to failure here. We have to have the right attitude (today), again on Wednesday and then go to Frank Phillips and win at a place that’s not easy to do.”